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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Islington 1900
Forty-fifth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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Table LXXXII. Showing the Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1900 in Islington and in its Encircling Districts.
| The Encircling Districts. | Estimated Populations, 18'99 | Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever or Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Enteric (Typhoid) Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Continued Fever. | Relapsing Fever. | Cholera. | Total Cases. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Pancras | 245,651 | 7 | 658 | 590 | — | 356 | — | 234 | 11 | 1 | — | — | 1,857 |
| Stoke Newington | 35,718 | ... | 126 | 130 | — | 24 | — | 30 | 4 | — | — | — | 314 |
| Hackney | 225,519 | 16 | 695 | 622 | — | 228 | 1 | 230 | 15 | 5 | — | — | 1,8l2 |
| Hornsey | 69,493 | ... | 184 | 107 | — | 31 | — | 44 | 2 | — | — | — | 368 |
| Clerkenwell | 66,007 | ... | 138 | 121 | — | 60 | — | 75 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 396 |
| St. Luke | 40,655 | ... | 96 | 76 | — | 32 | — | 58 | 1 | — | — | — | 263 |
| Shoreditch | 120,641 | 3 | 327 | 354 | — | 126 | — | 171 | 8 | 2 | — | — | 991 |
| The Encircling Districts | 803,684 | 26 | 2,224 | 2,000 | — | 857 | 1 | 842 | 42 | 9 | — | — | 6,001 |
| Islington | 352,491 | 2 | 1,075 | 624 | 9 | 259 | 1 | 285 | 16 | 6 | — | — | 2,276 |
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